Uma Outra Estação

In 22 October 1996, eleven days after the death of vocalist, acoustic guitarist and keyboardist Renato Russo, guitarist Dado Villa-Lobos, drummer Marcelo Bonfá and EMI Music artistic manager João Augusto announced the end of Legião Urbana, which still owed three albums to the label.[4]

In March of the following year, Villa-Lobos decided to work on songs that were left out of the previous album, A Tempestade ou O Livro dos Dias. 28 tracks were recorded, but only 15 made it to the final record.[4] The guitarist signed the production with Tom Capone, who had already helped the band record the previous album, when he was the manager of AR Estúdios, although he wasn't credited.[2]

The first track, "Riding Song", features the band's former bassist, Renato Rocha, who was a member from 1984 to 1989. The lyrics contain only two verses: "Eu já sei o que eu vou ser / Ser quando crescer" (I already know what I am going to be / To be when I grow up", written and sung by Villa-Lobos. It contains a few sections of an interview from the Dois album, in which the four members (including Rocha) introduce themselves.[5]

"La Maison Dieu" speaks about the atrocities committed during the military dictatorship period of Brazil.[6]

The previous album's title track was only featured on this one.[2] Other songs previously rejected include "Clarisse", also created for the previous album and telling the story of a 16-year-old girl who slits her own wrists with a switchblade locked in the bathroom. It was deemed too dark back then.[2] Another example is "Dado Viciado", created in the band's early times and dealing with the transformation that a heroin addict experiences, but rejected out of fear that people would think it referred to Dado Villa-Lobos.[2]

The ending track, "Travessia do Eixão", is the only one (along with instrumentals "Schubert Ländler" and "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)") not composed by the band. It has a guest appearance by Os Paralamas do Sucesso's bassist Bi Ribeiro. He played acoustic bass on it and on "Antes das Seis".[2]

"Schubert Ländler" is an instrumental jingle composed by Franz Schubert, and performed by Carlos Trilha, being the shortest track ever by the band at 1:09. This version was chosen by Russo after dozens of takes. Trilha went to the National Library of Brazil to obtain a copy of the song's sheet music and he never understood why Russo wanted him to play it.[7]

"Sagrado Coração", despite having its lyrics displayed in the booklet, contains no vocals, since Russo wouldn't live to record his part. It was co-composed by Trilha (who cried after listening the final version without Russo's voice[7]), but his co-authorship was only recognized by Russo's family in 2009, after a fan of Russo sent Trilha an informal interview with Russo done by journalist Marcelo Fróes, in which he says he did the song with Trilha.[7]

In October 2010, the album was re-released in a special box set and also in vinyl. This edition brings a modified booklet and some texts by journalist Christina Fuscaldo, written with help from all musicians involved in the production of the band's eight albums.[8]

The main songs played on the radio were "Flores do Mal", "Antes das Seis" and, to a lesser extent, "Marcianos Invadem a Terra".[9][10] This last one was created during Russo's "Trovador Solitário" (Solitary Troubadour) era and was only recorded in studio in 1993, when Dinho Ouro Preto (Capital Inicial) recorded his second, self-titled solo album.[11]

The cover of the album features a drawing by Bonfá inspired by Brasília, where the band was formed.[2]

The booklet's first page had the sentence: "Listen to this album from the first track to the last one. This is the story of our lives".[12] The penultimate page had a list of institutions and the message: "Feel good contributing to the following institutions which need your help".[2] The booklet also featured the returning sentence Urbana Legio Omnia Vincii ("Legião Urbana wins everything", in latin), which was featured in all albums by the band except for A Tempestade ou O Livro dos Dias.[12]

All tracks are written by Dado Villa-Lobos, Renato Russo and Marcelo Bonfá, except where noted[1].

Legião Urbana

• Renato Russo — vocals, keyboards, classical guitar, bass
• Dado Villa-Lobos — electric guitar, classical guitar, bass, craviola, harmonica, dobro, mandolin, percussion, vocals
• Marcelo Bonfá — drums, ocarina, percussion, vocals

Additional personnel

• Carlos Trilha — keyboards, piano, Hammond organ, programming
• Renato Rocha — electric bass in "Riding Song"
• Tom Capone — lead guitar in "La Maison Dieu", slide guitar in "Depois das Seis", percussion and vocals in "Travessia do Eixão"
• Bi Ribeiro — acoustic bass guitar in "Travessia do Eixão" and "Antes das Seis"[2]

• Fuscaldo, Chris (2016). Discobiografia Legionária. São Paulo: LeYa. ISBN 978-85-441-0481-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)